November Update

I keep meaning to update my blog and then I get distracted. Things have been beyond busy here :-) James finished up the itallian movie he was working on. You can see the trailer by clicking on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLywcPRizAo. You might also want to check out this clip someone posted on youTube, you might recognize someone at the end :-)



We went to his wrap party it was fun! So many of the crew had such wonderful things to say about working with James. I was pretty proud of him!

As for me I've been plugging away at work, and boy there is so much of it :-) I often wonder if I've ever been this busy before??? Some good news too, I've been offered a new job within the company. I think it sounds exciting, but I'll have to share more details later. Also my current director submitted me for an award that my company gives out to select employees that go above and beyond their scope of work....I just found out I won! :-) I was so honored and happy to be thought of. Now I get to spend my $50 on something fun....hmm...wonder what it will be?

As for the baby it continues to grow and grow. I've gained a few pounds and suddenly my belly is resembling a more buddah shape. So far things are going great, no major issues and I feel pretty good. I'm finally over the extreme tiredness hump and my headaches are fewer and farther in between. The only thing I have to really deal with now is the back/side pains and my hip joints hurting in the morning. Its so interesting to see how change even gradual can affect the body, not to mention that every persons body reacts differently...who knew? I think its amazing! I'll have to post some more prego pics soon.

This past weekend James and I spent most of it cleaning up and cleaning out our apartment. We had so much junk that we're just hanging onto for no apparent reason (or at least not a good enough reason). I figured I would only be getting bigger so what better time than now to do our deep clean out. We've still got some drawers and things to go through but we definitely have less stuff than what we moved in with. We're planning to drop most of it off at goodwill this weekend. It feels good to get rid of things that we never use or never wear. I'm proud of James he's even selling stuff on the internet. Now we'll just have to make sure we don't try to fill up our newly made space. :-)

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving, and I am so looking forward to a break from work and an extended weekend. Yes! I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner again this year, and James invited a few friends over so we'll see who turns up. Should be a fun night!

New Camera & Lipdub

This weekend James I tested out our new Camera. We had a lot of fun taking photos and learning all of the new buttons. As well as photos the new camera also lets us take video footage. So last night James convinced me to participate in our first lipdub. (Lipsinging to music on camera and dubbing music over it.) While we were very happy with the cameras performance, my performance lacks a bit of expertise. Maybe next time I will actually know all of the words...? All that to say it was fun and now we have something to post. :)

Danielle's First Lipdub - "Be Ok" from James Kanka on Vimeo.

Creative Husband

If you haven't had a chance to check out my husband's blog today you really need to. During our friends' visit James decided to take our digital still camera and take photos at high speeds to make into a mini video. At first I thought he was crazy...then I thought he was wasting the camera battery. Good thing I was wrong, the video is amazing!!! I am constantly surprised by my husband's talent and creativity. It's really fun to see how he pieces his creative works together. Again it was a fun weekend, to check out the video click HERE.

Part 1 of James' Video Project

Well as some of you know James has captured our whole trip of moving to CA on our video camera. He has now completed editing the first video, he calls it "LA or Bust I". This incorporates the last few days we spent in VA before leaving. He won't let me post it on my blog, so you'll have to check it out by clicking HERE. James did an amazing job! It makes me miss everyone back in VA and remember the adventures of such a big move. Enjoy the video!